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21 July 2017

St Hugh’s alumna Dame Helen Ghosh appointed new Master of Balliol
Dame Elish Angiolini, Principal of St Hugh’s, has offered her congratulations on behalf of the entire College to our alumna Dame Helen Ghosh (Modern History, 1973), who has been named as the next Master of Balliol College. The Principal said: “This is a wonderful achievement. Dame Helen has contributed a great deal to our Development Board and I thank her for all of her work. I know she will make a distinguished contribution to Balliol College and I congratulate her on her appointment, and ...
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12 July 2017
University Mindfulness Centre returning to St Hugh’s for its Summer School
The University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre is again holding its annual week-long Summer School at St Hugh’s College, from 28 August to 1 Septem...
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6 July 2017
Come and find out more about studying at Oxford!
Applications are now open for the Year 13 Oxford Application Information Day, held on Saturday 16th September. The Application Information Day will a...
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5 July 2017
Dame Elish opens new Community Justice Centre
Dame Elish was in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire last week to open a newly refurbished Community Justice Centre. The centre works to reduce re-offending a...
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27 June 2017
Gold for Oxford in Teaching Excellence Framework
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has awarded Oxford the highest rating of ‘gold’. St Hugh’s College Principal the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angi...
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23 June 2017
Dame Elish awarded honorary degree from St Andrews
St Hugh’s Principal the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of St Andrews. Dame...
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23 June 2017
University Open Days 2017
On Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th St Hugh's will be opening its doors as part of the Universit...
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22 June 2017
St Hugh’s Theo Davies-Lewis interviews Lord Heseltine
Theo Davies-Lewis, a first year Archaeology and Anthropology student, has interviewed the former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine. Theo spoke to ...
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2 June 2017
Memorial Event for Jamie Gardiner
Some members of College may not yet know that Jamie Gardiner (2013-2016, History) was killed in a mountaineering accident in Norway on 2 January 2017....
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31 May 2017
Bookfeast Festival invites 1800 children to St Hugh’s
The College has just hosted this year's five-day Bookfeast festival, aimed at promoting reading to local primary-aged schoolchildren. Run by...
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31 May 2017
St Hugh’s in the running again for top Town and Gown team
St Hugh’s College fielded its largest ever team in Oxford’s Town and Gown race recently. The 10K run, organised in aid of Muscular Dystrophy UK, i...
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25 May 2017
The St Hugh’s Law Lecture
  We were delighted to welcome Mr Rimsky Yuen, SC JP, Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong Government, to St Hugh's. He spoke at the St Hugh's Law ...
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3 May 2017
Dora Biro Paper on Cumulative Culture in Avian Navigation
A recent paper co-authored by St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow i...
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2 May 2017
Vicki Stott’s Marathon Charity Achievement
For anyone at St Hugh’s, it’s impossible to miss the fitness and fundraising activities of our College Bursar, Vicki Stott. Vicki is often sportin...
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4 April 2017
Dr Peter Leary wins Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book
We are delighted to announce that the work of Dr Peter Leary, Canon Murray Fellow in Irish History, has been recognised by the American Conference for...
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30 March 2017
Professor Watts Featured in ‘Voices From Oxford’ Video
Tutorial Fellow in Biochemistry and distinguished biophysicist, Professor Tony Watts, Vice Principal of St Hugh's, was interviewed recently by Profess...
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29 March 2017
St Hugh’s Student Rowing Success Stories
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16 March 2017
Marc Lewon awarded Professorship in Basle, Switzerland
Following a rigorous process of audition, St Hugh's doctoral student Marc Lewon has been appointed Professor for Medieval and Early Renaissance Lute ...
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8 March 2017
Anna Haxworth Music Prize awarded to Masters Student Taro Kobayashi
The recent Anna Haxworth Prize Competition provided a wonderful evening of musical mastery. The prize is awarded in memory of Anna Haxworth, alumna o...
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7 March 2017
Women At St Hugh’s Today – A Celebration
To celebrate International Women's Day, some of the many women who are prominent in the life of St Hugh's comment on bei...
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28 February 2017
Eminent interdisciplinary scientist, Dr Subra Suresh, elected Honorary Fellow
Dr Subra Suresh, president of Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA, was recently elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St Hugh's. A former d...
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15 February 2017
The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC announced as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
St Hugh's College Principal, Dame Elish Angiolini QC, today joins a select group of outstanding academics, celebrated professionals and royalty to be ...
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8 February 2017
Touring Music Ensemble Play in Chinese New Year
We were joined by Distinguished Friend of St Hugh’s and generous donor, Edwin Mok, and Professor Sung, Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University...
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6 February 2017
Top Honour for Baroness Warnock
Baroness Mary Warnock, Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's, has been awarded the highest honour in the 2017 New Year's Honours List. The patron of the Progre...
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1 February 2017
Dinner, a Dram and a Ceilidh to Celebrate Burns Night
Burns Night is always celebrated in style at St Hugh's, and this year was no exception. A formal dinner for College fellows, students and guests on Ja...
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30 January 2017
Happy Chinese New Year!
St Hugh's marks the Spring Festival and the start of a prosperous new year, The Year of the Rooster, on 1st February at The Dickson Poon Uni...
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5 January 2017
Publication of Research Paper on the Disruption of Infectious Pathogens, Co-authored by Professor Stuart Conway
A high profile research paper, co-authored by St Hugh's E. P. Abraham Cephalosporin Fellow in Organic Chemistry, 
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20 December 2016
Launch of Career Development Fellowship in Chinese Commercial Law
On 1st December, St Hugh's held a reception at the House of Commons to celebrate the launch of our new Career Development Fellowship in Chinese Commer...
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19 December 2016
Professor Anthony Harnden appointed to the Governing Body of the General Medical Council
Professor Anthony Harnden, Governing Body Fellow of St Hugh's, is among four new members to be appointed to the govern...
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19 December 2016
Fellow in Medicine, Dr Damian Jenkins MBE, wins Royal Society of Medicine Prize
St Hugh's Fellow in Medicine, Dr Damian Jenkins MBE, has recently been awarded the prestigious Colt Prize by the Royal...
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19 December 2016
St Hugh’s Thanksgiving celebrations
On 24th November, our North American fellows, staff, students and friends gathered together for the College's popular Thanksgiving celebrations. The e...
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